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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>GENESIS</span>
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CHAPTER 45
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Joseph makes himself known to his brethren—They rejoice together—Pharaoh invites Jacob and his family to dwell in Egypt and eat the fat of the land.
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Then</span> Joseph could not <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 43: 30 (30-31).">refrain</a> himself before all them that stood by him; and he <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/45/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 46: 29.">cried</a>, Cause every man to go out from me.  And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
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And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
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And Joseph said unto his brethren, I <i>am</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 13.">Joseph</a>; doth my father yet live?  And his brethren could not answer him; for they were <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/45/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Job 23: 15.">troubled</a> at his presence.
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And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you.  And they came near.  And he said, I <i>am</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 3: 4.">Joseph</a> your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
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Now therefore be not <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Benevolence; TG Family, Love within.">grieved</a>, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/45/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 50: 20; Ps. 105: 17.">send</a> me before you to preserve life.
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For these two years <i>hath</i> the famine <i>been</i> in the land: and yet <i>there are</i> five years, in the which <i>there shall</i> neither <i>be</i> earing nor harvest.
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And God sent me before you to <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/7a" mark="a" type="C" title="Esth. 4: 14; 2 Ne. 3: 16; D&C 107: 42; TG Protection, Divine.">preserve</a> you a <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/45/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 3: 3, 5 (3-7).">posterity</a> in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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So now <i>it was</i> not you <i>that</i> sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 41: 43 (41-44).">ruler</a> throughout all the land of Egypt.
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Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
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And thou shalt dwell in the land of <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 46: 28 (28-34); Gen. 47: 1 (1, 11); Gen. 50: 8.">Goshen</a>, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
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And there will I <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 47: 12.">nourish</a> thee; for yet <i>there are</i> five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
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And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that <i>it is</i> my mouth that speaketh unto you.
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And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 14.">father</a> hither.
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And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
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Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
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&#182; And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 41: 37.">pleased</a> Pharaoh well, and his servants.
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
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And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
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Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 46: 5; D&C 136: 5.">wagons</a> out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
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Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt <i>is</i> yours.
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And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
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To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 43: 34.">Benjamin</a> he gave three hundred <i>pieces</i> of silver, and five changes of raiment.
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And to his father he sent after this <i>manner;</i> ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
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So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
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&#182; And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
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And told him, saying, Joseph <i>is</i> yet alive, and he <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 41: 43 (41-44).">governor</a> over all the land of Egypt.  And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.
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And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/45/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 7: 3 (3, 5).">wagons</a> which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/45/27b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 46: 5 (3-5).">revived</a>:
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And Israel said, <i>It is</i> enough; Joseph my son <i>is</i> yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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